The Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi was established on the occasion of the World Environment Day on 5th June 1980. The motivation for the establishment of this institution has been based on the issues of environmental education discussed in the deliberations at Founes in 1971 and later at Stockholm in 1972 followed by the workshop on Environmental Education at Belgred in 1975 and also on the resolutions and recommendations of the Intergovernmental Conference on Environment at Tbilisi in 1977 organised by UNEP and UNESCO. The Institute has been organising since its inception different programmes having social, educational, cultural, economic and positive content for the optimum development of a sustainable society. .
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Environmental topics have been included in many subjects and curriculum from time to time in the schools, colleges, universities and other institutions.
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Water is found in the oceans
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Deforestation: The World Bank estimates that about 3.9 million square miles (10 million square km) of forest have been lost since the beginning of the 20th century. In the past 25 years, forests shrank by 502,000 square miles (1.3 million square km) - an area bigger than the size of South Africa..
As of 2018-19, there are 870 protected areas including 104 National Parks, 551 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 88 Conservation Reserves and 127 Community Reserves covering a total of 1,65,088.57 sq.km. of geographical area which is approximately 5.02% of the country..
These 5 initiatives by the Indian Government are a step towards a green India. Namami Gange Programme # Green Skill Development Programme # Swachh Bharat Abhiyan # Toilets before temples # Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act (CAMPA).
Ensuring the availability of water for future generations where the withdrawal of freshwater from an ecosystem does not exceed its natural replacement rate. Factors such as climate change have increased pressures on natural water resources.
For the latest news in the fields of environment please refer the Government of India website.
Click to visit the website for your reference. Solar capacity increased in the last 5.5 years from around 2.6 gw to more than 34 gw.
To achieve the targets mentioned in the National Forest Policy to maintain 33% forest and tree cover in the country the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has implemented two major afforestation/tree plantation schemes.
